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Neil deGrasse Tyson
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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 1 Feb 2015

    XLIX: The count of this year’s @SuperBowl — the last bastion of Roman Numerals in the universe.

    3:29 PM - 1 Feb 2015
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      2. Elle  🌊‏ @beaurue 4 Feb 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson Movie copyrights are in Roman numerals. So are the terms Type I and Type II errors. #nerdsrule

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 4 Feb 2015
        Replying to @beaurue

        @beaurue Sure. But they are not “bastions."

        3 replies 1 retweet 25 likes
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      1. Chris Halloween‏ @ChrisKPHall 1 Feb 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson @SuperBowl Wrestlemania?

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      2. matt‏ @therealburnham 1 Feb 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson @superbowl Grandfather Clock's too

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. Jeff‏ @unluckynumber11 1 Feb 2015
        Replying to @therealburnham

        @therealburnham @neiltyson @SuperBowl And at the end of movies too

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Taz the "Get Rid of the Nazis" Pika‏ @OchotonidKnight 1 Feb 2015
        Replying to @unluckynumber11

        @unluckynumber11 @therealburnham @neiltyson @SuperBowl And Final Fantasy games . . .

        0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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      1. Denmo‏ @Mcstronghuge 1 Feb 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        .@neiltyson not true! If @SquareEnix keeps making Final Fantasies. We're close to XV

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      1. JerryB #7619‏ @BangingChains 2 Feb 2015
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        @neiltyson I learned to read Roman numerals so I would know what year my favorite Bugs Bunny cartoons were made.@GurrdyGirl @SuperBowl

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      1. Ben Austwick‏ @BigBigBen 1 Feb 2015
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        @neiltyson @SerendipitySays @SuperBowl don't forget Wrestlemania and Final Fantasy!

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      1. Leigh‏ @deskjn 1 Feb 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson @SuperBowl Next year is supposedly going to be 50 to "avoid confusion"? Really?

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      2. Witch's Brunet‏ @Three_Ninjas 1 Feb 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson I paused The Inexplicable Universe to read your twitter feed.

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      3. Witch's Brunet‏ @Three_Ninjas 1 Feb 2015
        Replying to @Three_Ninjas

        @neiltyson don't worry, @TheGreatCourses, I resumed it when I finished!

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      4. The Great Courses‏ @TheGreatCourses 1 Feb 2015
        Replying to @Three_Ninjas

        @Three_Ninjas @neiltyson very glad to hear you didn't go down the twitter rabbit hole, just jumped into the Universe!

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. c burke‏ @CTBurke10 2 Feb 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson @SuperBowl this irks me to no end, Roman numerals are always supposed the simplest possible form therefore XLIX is wrong, it's IL

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      1. Michele Pittoni  🇪🇺‏ @mpitt79 1 Feb 2015
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        .@neiltyson USA: the last bastion of "miles" and all the others non SI units

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      1. Ragnar Danneskjold‏ @FreeCitizen4Now 1 Feb 2015
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        @neiltyson @SuperBowl Olympics much? XXXI in RIO 2016 .... SCIENCE 0_o

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      1. Name cannot be blank‏ @ihatehataz 1 Feb 2015
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        @neiltyson @SuperBowl and they announced next year will be 50 not L. Pretty disappointed about it

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      1. Anthony Purcell‏ @MrP_tchr 1 Feb 2015
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        @neiltyson @dankrutka @SuperBowl Next year is L. Pretty simple.

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      1. Milton Jackson‏ @miltonjackson 1 Feb 2015
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        @neiltyson BBC TV programmes are always dated with Roman numerals.

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